Posted on Jan 6, 2026
SGT Kevin Hughes
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I have posted a link to a short Science Video about Jupiter being a Liquid Metal giant. And man oh man, talk about serendipity. So remember when the comet Shoemaker Levy hit Jupiter? Well we couldn't see it, since it was smashing into Jupiter on the far side of Jupiter. The side we can't see. Ah, but wait. Voyager was passing by...so the Nerds got it to take some photos. Not its primary mission...but heck why not grab a few shots on the way by.
And those shot revealed that something was up. The Impact, stronger than 200 thousand Atomic Bombs, threw debris way up into space. But that debris wasn't what Scientist expected. So off went Galileo with its probe that would go as deep as it could before being crushed by the immense pressure.
And man that gave the Nerds a ton of data. So, like many others, I had to unlearn what we thought we know about Gas Giants. The Nerds found out is mostly liquid Hydrogen in several exotic forms...mostly Liquid Metal states. and so we learn and unlearn at the same time. Below is the link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXF-nD4U5zk
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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Edited 1 mo ago
SGT Kevin Hughes I Found This For You On Line - And She's A Beauty

https://youtu.be/iFu4yDVf9BI?si=2l9SajfMCe3fgQAV

- After The 1st Video, There Are Others ALMOST As Interesting -
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SGT Kevin Hughes
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Thanks Rick! Yep, rocks can be weapons. LOL
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A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
A1C Medrick "Rick" DeVaney
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SGT Kevin Hughes -
If You Go Back & Let The Video Keep Rolling,
It Shows A Multi-Ton Bolder Sliding Down A Mountain And Across A Road
That Sucker's HUGE
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SGT Mary G.
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The Shoemaker's came over to our campus to show us their videos of the impact, shortly after. Wow! They were as excited as school kids, and it was priceless hearing them tell about it. One of their observation posts was nearby in Washington state - for near earth objects (before govt finally got busy and allocated funds and tech to watch for NEO which they lobbied for, for year).
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SGT Mary G. - Holy cow! What an experience ! That's just flat out cool!
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Many thanks, SGT Kevin Hughes!
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